It's been a while, but I used my name when I PM'ed you on 5/27. BTW, I read your post before you edited it. It wasn't an edit, it was a rewrite.

 

Have we gotten feedback from the "main man" that tests the trucks yet?

 

Bill... the crown maple made me do it...

Rutcutter, no word back from Josh or Dan yet....

 

I don't know what the shipping weight of my lariat DRW was, but I have a CAT scale slip during one of our trips that has the truck at 10,820

 

So the link shown in post #14 shows 3 rear gawr.

1. 6340 lbs with 17" wheels

2. 6780 lbs. with 18" wheels and all season tires.

3. 7230 lbs. with 18" wheels and all terrain tires, or 20" wheels/tires.

It seems like this could be a potential issue, assuming that Ford affixes the correct sticker. Buyer beware.

 

I see where this is going.

4. 7,500 with 20 inch wheels and all terrain tires?

One can hope can't he?

 

The 20's only come in AT.

 

Right. I'm thinking of aftermarket Toyota AT 2.

 

Stay away from Toyota. Yes they can pull the shuttle but not your 5ver...

In all reality, if mine comes with the Michelins, I'll be craiglisting them and going to Nokian Rotiva AT Plus. The Michelin AT2 is not a good AT tire, wears quickly, and is poor in the snow.

 

Anybody remember this ad from the late 70's?<br/>Or the one of an Allis Chalmer's tractor pulling a train?

 

I suspect that they stay a little under the tire ratings to account for uneven loads.

With the 6.7 4x4, you will have at least 5200# on the front axle, more likely 5500#+. To hit the current rear axle limit, you'll be around 1000# over your gvwr / payload. A higher axle rating won't help much.

With the lighter 4x2 regular cab 6.2, it might be of some use,

 

Just looked at another 350 SRW, CC, LB, 4WD with 18AT tires at a dealer in Texas (it sold the same morning it arrived). It also has the wrong rear GAWR just like the sticker in the picture that started this thread. So this does not appear to be an isolated issue but rather something each buyer is going to have to deal with. It is important to me as the difference is enough to take what little margin of safety that I might otherwise have if my rig were to be weighed while pulling the 5th wheel. I sure would like confirmation from Ford that it is an error that would be correctable with a new sticker. I asked the dealer to look in to it but I'm not holding my breath. Without that confirm, I've got to assume the sticker is what I am going to have to live with which means no 350 SRW for me.

 

That's very interesting Gary. Keep us posted on what the dealer says. Josh and Dan are both still on radio silence about this...

 

Haha, that's funny.

They make 10-ply Rotivas? Agreed the LTX AT2 is not really good at doing anything besides going down the highway. I didn't find mine to wear quickly, though.

 

The Michelins don't wear quickly unless you tow heavy regularly with them.

Yes, the Rotiva in the Ford 20" size is 10 ply.